Heucherella plant named &#39;Copper Cascade&#39;

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct  Heucherella  plant substantially as shown and described, characterized by red colored leaves with a pinkish veil and dark pattern along veins, a low dense trailing habit with good branching, medium size, ovate to orbicular leaves with shallow palmate lobing, and excellent vigor.

BOTANICAL DENOMINATION

Heucherella hybrid

VARIETY DESIGNATION

‘Copper Cascade’

CROSS REFERENCE TO SIBLING

Heucherella ‘Gold Cascade’ (applied for concurrently)

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar ofHeucherella and given the cultivar name of ‘Copper Cascade’. Heucherellais in the family Saxifragaceae. Heucherella ‘Copper Cascade’ originatedfrom a controlled cross between Heuchera K521-1-1 (a proprietaryunreleased Heuchera), as the seed parent, and Tiarella 42-2 (aproprietary unreleased Tiarella), as the pollen parent.

Compared to the seed parent Heuchera K521-1-1, the new cultivar istrailing with red to rust colored leaves with red to brown centersrather than clumping with pink to khaki colored leaves.

Compared to the pollen parent Tiarella 42-2, the new cultivar has redcolored leaves rather than green.

Compared to its sibling, Heucherella ‘Gold Cascade’, the new cultivarhas red colored foliage rather than chartreuse.

Compared to Heucherella ‘Redstone Falls’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 22,394,the new cultivar has a finer habit and stems, and with smaller leaveswith pinker tones and that are less lobed and with a stronger centerpattern.

This new Heucherella is uniquely characterized by:

1. red colored leaves with a pinkish veil and dark pattern along veins,

2. a low dense trailing habit with good branching,

3. medium size, ovate to orbicular leaves with shallow palmate lobing,and

4. excellent vigor.

This new cultivar has been reproduced only by asexual propagation(cuttings and tissue culture). Each of the progeny exhibits identicalcharacteristics to the original plant. Asexual propagation by divisionand tissue culture using standard micropropagation techniques withterminal and lateral shoots, as done in Canby, Oreg., shows that theforegoing characteristics and distinctions come true to form and areestablished and transmitted through succeeding propagations. The presentinvention has not been evaluated under all possible environmentalconditions. The phenotype may vary with variations in environmentwithout a change in the genotype of the plant.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a 6-month-old Heucherella ‘Copper Cascade’ in a 1 galloncontainer in the greenhouse in spring in Canby, Oreg.

FIG. 2 shows 9-month-old plants with flowers in summer grown in partshade in the trail bed in Canby, Oreg.

DETAILED PLANT DESCRIPTION

The following is a detailed description of the new Heucherella cultivarbased on observations of a six month-old specimens growing in a onegallon container in a cool greenhouse in June in Canby, Oreg. Canby isZone 8 on the USDA Hardiness map. Temperatures range from a high of 95degrees F. in August to an average of 32 degrees F. in January. Normalrainfall in Canby is 42.8 inches per year. The color descriptions areall based on The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 5^(th)edition.

-   Plant:    -   -   Form.—basal rosette with trailing stems, herbaceous            perennial.        -   Hardiness.—USDA Zone 4 to 9.        -   Size.—16 cm tall from top of the foliage to the ground and            42 cm wide before trailing down.        -   Habit.—mounding and trailing.        -   Vigor.—excellent.        -   Roots.—fibrous, freely branching, fine, and white in color.-   Stem:    -   -   Size.—3 mm wide and grows to 50 cm long.        -   Internode length.—2.5 cm to 4 cm.        -   Stem color.—Greyed Purple 183C.-   Leaf:    -   -   Type.—simple.        -   Arrangement.—rosette and alternate.        -   Shape.—broadly ovate.        -   Lobing/division.—5 to 7 shallow palmate lobes.        -   Venation.—palmate.        -   Margins.—crenate and slightly undulate.        -   Apex.—mucronulate.        -   Base.—cordate, usually overlapping.        -   Blade size.—basal leaves grow to 10.5 cm long and 10 cm            wide, stem leaves grow to 8.5 cm long and 8 cm wide.        -   Surface texture.—glandular both surfaces.        -   Petiole description.—on basal leaf grows to 15 cm long and            1.5 mm wide, on stem grows to 7 cm long and 1.5 mm wide,            both with glandular hairs and Greyed Purple 183C.        -   Leaf color.—topside new and mature leaves Orange Red N34A            covered in a veil of Red 36D all over except on margins and            veins and with a dark blotch close to veins Greyed Purple            187A, bottom side between Red Purple 59A and Greyed Purple            186A; older leaves Greyed Orange 177A covered with a veil of            White NN155A to White 156d except margins and veins and with            a dark blotch Greyed Purple 187A.-   Inflorescence:    -   -   Size.—usually 15 cm long and 3 mm wide.        -   Type.—raceme.        -   Number of flowers per raceme.—about 50.        -   Number of racemes.—about 5.        -   Peduncle.—grows to 16 cm long, 1.5 mm wide at base, 0 to 2            petiolate floral leaves (blades grow to 3 cm long and 2.8 cm            wide, ovate, shallowly 3 to 5 lobed, tip mucronulate, margin            incised, base truncate, glandular hairs on both sides,            Orange Red N34A covered in a veil of Red 36D all over except            on margins and veins), glandular hairs, Greyed Red 183A.        -   Pedicel.—grows to 7 mm long, with glandular hairs, Greyed            Orange 177D.        -   Bloom period.—May to July in Canby, Oreg.-   Flower bud:    -   -   Size.—4 mm long and 2 mm wide.        -   Description.—glandular puberulent, ovoid.        -   Color.—White NN155A.-   Flower:    -   -   Type.—imperfect.        -   Shape.—campanulate.        -   Size.—6 mm deep and 6 mm wide.        -   Petal description.—5 in number, stellate, linear to            spatulate, 3 mm to 4 mm long and 0.5 mm wide, reflexed            slightly, tip acuminate, base attenuate, margin entire,            glabrous and White NN155B on both sides.        -   Calyx description.—5 mm deep and 3 mm wide, campanulate,            with 5 lobes, divided 1/2 way to the base, 3 mm long and 1            mm wide, oblong, glandular hairs on back sides, glabrous            inside, tip obtuse, margin entire, White NN155B on both            sides.        -   Stamen description.—none.        -   Pistil description.—10 in number, grow to 4 mm long and 1.5            mm wide, ovaries grow to 3 mm long and 1.5 wide, Yellow            Green 145B, beaked style 2 mm long White NN155B.        -   Fragrance.—none.        -   Lastingness.—each raceme blooms for about 2 weeks on the            plant.-   Fruit and seed: none-   Disease and pest tolerance: The new cultivar is typical to the    genus. No known resistances to pests or diseases. No problems have    been found in Canby, Oreg.

I claim:
 1. A new and distinct Heucherella plant as herein illustratedand described.